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sheet

n. [OE. shete, schete, AS. scte, scte, fr. scet a projecting corner, a fold in a garment (akin to D. schoot sheet, bosom, lap, G. schoss bosom, lap, flap of a coat, Icel. skaut, Goth. skauts the hem of a garment); originally, that which shoots out, from the root of AS. scetan to shoot. 159. See Shoot, v. t.] In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies. ()

He fell into a trance, and saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners. (Acts x. 10, 11.)

If I do die before thee, prithee, shroud me In one of those same sheets. (Shak.)

A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc. ()

To this the following sheets are intended for a full and distinct answer. (Waterland.)

(Geol.) A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf. ()

[AS. sceta. See the Etymology above.]2. (Naut.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom. ()

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A sheet in the wind, half drunk. [Sailors' Slang] -- Both sheets in the wind, very drunk. [Sailors' Slang] -- In sheets, lying flat or expanded; not folded, or folded but not bound; -- said especially of printed sheets. -- Sheet bend (Naut.), a bend or hitch used for temporarily fastening a rope to the bight of another rope or to an eye. -- Sheet lightning, Sheet piling, etc. See under Lightning, Piling, etc. ()

v. t. 1. To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet. (Shak.)

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2. To expand, as a sheet. ()

The star shot flew from the welkin blue, As it fell from the sheeted sky. (J. R. Drake.)

To sheet home (Naut.), to haul upon a sheet until the sail is as flat, and the clew as near the wind, as possible. ()